After cutting down a swath of rainforest, soils are often quickly leached of their nutrients so that they cannot sustain crops or nutritious grasses for livestock.

在一片雨林被砍伐后，土壤通常马上就丧失了养分， 无法供养作物或者让家畜食用有营养的草地。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

The result is cutting corners, deficiencies in care, and poorer outcomes for patients.

结果必然带来它们要节约人力和物力、护理的缺陷以及对病人治疗结果较差。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

The world’s central banks are already cutting interest rates on safe assets, and will cut them more as the proximity and magnitude of the likely global slump becomes clear.

世界各国的中央银行已经在削减安全资产的利率，并且会在有可能发生的全球衰退越来越近、也越来越清晰的时候对利率实行进一步的缩减。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

No building shall be built to abut against a cutting, including a toe wall supporting a cutting.

任何建筑物不得紧靠路堑(包括承托路堑的脚墙)而建。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 11.11.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 11.11.2011

But the ECB holds firm against cutting; indeed, after the Governing Council’s December meeting, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said that some members were in favor of raising rates.

但欧洲央行却坚决反对降息，事实上，在管理委员会12月召开会议后，欧洲央行行长让-克劳德·特里谢提出有些委员想要提高利率。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

in order to enable him to ascertain the thickness or condition of any part of the boiler or pressure vessel, the drilling of test holes in the plates of the boiler or pressure vessel, the cutting of holes or the removal of rivets.

在该锅炉或压力容器的金属板上作钻孔测试、凿孔或拆除铆钉，使其能确定该锅 炉或压力容器的任何部分的厚度或状况。

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011

Perhaps they were only waiting for the end; to be cut down, cleared away, the end of the forest, for them the end of all things.

也许它们只等着他们的末日——被人所伐， 被人运走！森林之末日， 对于它们是一切之末日！

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

All of this will require leadership that cuts across institutional boundaries, which can be provided only by the UN and a strong-willed individual.

所有这些都需要领导层消除机构间的界线，而这只有通过联合国和各国的果敢才能实现。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

And Belarus’s government has been exploring the possibility of securing oil supplies through Ukraine should Russia cut off supplies.

而白俄罗斯政府一直在探究在俄国切断供给的情况下，通过乌克兰获得石油供应的可能性。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

Likewise, increasing pressure from growing labor costs will force enterprises to lower their profit expectations and cut costs, negatively affecting output growth and employment in the short run.

同时，用工成本增长所带来的更大的压力将迫使企业降低它们对利润的预期并且削减成本，从而在短期内影响产量的增长和劳动力的雇用。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

Cigarettes, cigars, cut tobacco and redried leaf tobacco are generally referred to as tobacco products.

卷烟、雪茄烟、烟丝、复烤烟叶统称烟草制品。

© 中国投资指南

http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 01.04.2011

© Invest in China

http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 01.04.2011

Yet, the ECB cannot cut interest rates 1 basis point because it fears euro-zone inflationary expectations are becoming unglued.

而欧洲央行却连一个基点都不能降，因为它害怕欧元区的通胀预期将会失去控制。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

The anti-inflation hawks in Frankfurt are not at all happy with Bernanke’s aggressive 50 basis point cut and the promise of more to come.

欧洲央行内的反通胀强硬人士对于伯南克大幅降息50个基点以及再度降息的保证一点也不高兴。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

Contrary to the effect of increased defensive measures, fostering greater international cooperation to cut off terrorists’ financing would be relatively cheap and quite effective.

与增加防护措施产生的效果相比，促进国际合作切断恐怖分子的资金来源将会相对便宜而且十分有效。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

fraudulently fixes or places upon any instrument, or upon any stamp, any stamp or part of a stamp which, whether fraudulently or not, has been cut, torn or in any way removed from any instrument or out of or from any other stamp;

欺诈地在任何文书或印花上贴上或放置任何印花或其部分，而该印花或其部分，不论 是否欺诈地，是从任何文书或从任何其他印花剪下、撕下或以其他方式移去；

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/5/2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 10/5/2011